diff --git a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
index a9ad1a695ac..646db06bb35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/haskell-modules/configuration-common.nix
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ self: super: {
 
   # The most current version needs some packages to build that are not in LTS 7.x.
   stack = super.stack.overrideScope (self: super: {
-    http-client = self.http-client_0_5_4;
+    http-client = self.http-client_0_5_5;
     http-client-tls = self.http-client-tls_0_3_3;
     http-conduit = self.http-conduit_2_2_3;
     optparse-applicative = dontCheck self.optparse-applicative_0_13_0_0;